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Headline participation and NEET rates by age, 2010 to 2019
Calendar year 2019
Participation in education, training and employment age 16 to 18
Participation and not in education, employment or training (NEET) figures ages 16 to 18 in England. Includes institution type and qualification aim breakdowns.
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Participation in full-time education additional breakdowns
National
Additional breakdowns of proportion of population participating in full-time education by age, gender, institution and highest qualification aim. National data only covering prov end 2019.
- Number of rows
- 65
- Indicators
- Participating in full-time education
- Filters
- Academic age
- Gender
- Institution
- Time period
- 2019
Employment rates of young people not in education or training
National
Proportion of those not in education or training but employed by age. National data covering end 1994 - prov end 2019.
- Number of rows
- 105
- Indicators
- NET employment rate
- Filters
- Academic age
- Time period
- 1994 to 2019
Participation in education and apprenticeships by institution and qualification type
National
Numbers and proportions of population participating in education, training and employment by 16-18 year olds by age, gender, institution type and highest qualification aim. National data covering end 1994 – prov end 2019.
- Number of rows
- 559,021
- Indicators
- Number in population
- Participation in education and apprenticeships/WBL
- Filters
- Academic age
- Full or part-time
- Gender
- Time period
- 1994 to 2019
Participation in education, training and employment headlines
National
Numbers and proportions of population participating in education, training and employment by 16-18 year olds by age, gender and labour market status. National data covering end 1994 – prov end 2019.
- Number of rows
- 3,121
- Indicators
- All education and training
- Apprenticeships/WBL (including overlaps)
- Apprenticeships/WBL (less overlaps)
- Filters
- Academic age
- Gender
- Labour market status
- Time period
- 1994 to 2019
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Description
This document describes the data included in the ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2019’ National Statistics release’s underlying data file. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least three stars for Open Data (opens in new tab).
The underlying data files include national participation estimates for 16-18 year olds in England and are broken down by (academic) age, gender, institution type, whether full-time (FT) or part-time (PT), and by highest study aim.
The technical document published with the release should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.
File formats and conventions
The underlying data files contain unrounded figures as estimated from the administrative and survey data as outlined in the accompanying technical documentation.
No suppression has been applied, as the data is not considered sensitive and no additional characteristic or geography variables are included to enable individuals to be accurately identified.
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